{"id":533005,"date":"2026-07-04T17:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533005\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:21:10","slug":"eastenders-and-casualty-are-now-streaming-on-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533005\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders and Casualty are now streaming on Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve checked out the Channel 4 streaming service recently, you might have noticed that Casualty and EastEnders are now<\/a> on there<\/a>. Now, these aren’t new episodes \u2014 they’re classic instalments.<\/p>\n

Casualty currently has seasons 23 through 26 (the episodes from late-2008 to mid-2012) on Channel 4, with more arriving on Monday 6 July.<\/p>\n

As for EastEnders, there are 149 episodes of ‘season 27’, which starts off in April 2010, right in the middle of the Syed-Christian-Amira drama, and goes up to Christmas. Even more episodes will hit Channel 4 on Friday 10 July.<\/p>\n

At one point, BBC soaps being available to stream via Channel 4 might have been considered unthinkable, so why is it happening now?<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney+, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a> <\/p>\n

The reason is fairly simple: These are the classic episodes also available on streaming service U, which covers the UKTV channels like U&Drama and Alibi that famously show a lot of repeats (and are actually owned by the BBC, despite having adverts).<\/p>\n

In 2025, Channel 4 and UKTV announced that they signed a deal<\/a> to carry U content on Channel 4 streaming starting in January 2026 \u2014 which is why you might have also seen BBC classics like Red Dwarf and Have I Got a Bit More News for You on there. <\/p>\n

A partnership like this isn’t unheard of, as ITV and Disney+ have been sharing content through the ‘A Taste of’ project for a while now. It has seen shows like The Bear appear on ITVX and even (almost) up-to-date episodes<\/a> of Coronation Street pop up on Disney+, for limited times.<\/p>\n

When their collaboration was first announced<\/a>, ITV and Disney stated that the goal was promote each other’s services, giving people, well, a taste of the content available in the hopes that they go and sign up.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders’ Kojo Asare to search for love in sweet new romance story<\/a> <\/p>\n

Even before that, major British broadcasters \u2014 the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and 5 \u2014 have been licensing their shows to big American streamers such as Disney+ and Prime Video as a way to monetise their back catalogues.<\/p>\n

While the idea of two BBC staples being carried by Channel 4 may have seemed mind-boggling years ago, now it’s pretty par for the course.<\/p>\n

Classic episodes of Casualty and EastEnders can be streamed on U and Channel 4. EastEnders episodes going back to April 2008 and select milestone and festive episodes are also available on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

New episodes of Casualty air on Saturday nights on BBC One and now stream first on BBC iPlayer, where episodes are released at 6am on the day of transmission.<\/p>\n

EastEnders airs Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
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Read more Casualty spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a> <\/p>\n

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a>
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